Nose-clip for eyeglasses.



G. O. PETIERSSON. NOSE CLIP FOR EYEGLASSES. APPLICATION rum) 00121 Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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CHARLES 0. PETTERSSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NOSE-CLIP FOR EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

Application filed October 21, 1912. Serial No. 726,967.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLns O. PETTERS- SON, a subject of the King of England, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Nose-Clips for Eyeglasses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to a class of devices adapted to be used for supporting eyeglasses upon the nose'of a person.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a clip, or device designed to be employed for holding eyeglasses upon the nose of a person without causing excess of pressure upon the nerves especially between the eyes and which is of a construction whereby the glasses may be conveniently applied upon the nose and supported so as to be retained in accurate focus, thus over coming the objections incident to forms of clips ordinarily in use.

Other objects of the invention are to rovide a nose clip wherein two correspon ing members are provided, and each member having an eccentrically pivoted gripping element mounted thereon in a manner so as to be adapted to be rotatably adjusted for yieldingly holding the clip and glasses upon the nose; to provide levers adapted to be laterally directed for conveniently adjusting the gripping members; to provide means which serve to permit the levers to be accurately guided; and to provide a form of clip which may be made in various sizes so as to be adapted for use upon different types of glasses.

lVith these and other objects in View the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with referencev to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out inthe claims at the end of the description. r

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a rear view, partly fragmentary, of a pair of eyeglasses with one form of nose clip embodying my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front view,- partly fragmentary, of the glasses and the nose clip. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective View of one of the brack ets used in the nose clip. Fig. 5 is an enlargedside view of one of the members of the nose clip. Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the gripping elements used in the clip, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the levers used in conjunction with the gripping elements of the nose clip.

The nose clip, or device is composed of two members 8 and 8 each of which is adapted to be applied to one of the lenses 9 and 9- of the usual or any preferred form of eyeglasses. Each of the members 8 and S? has two supporting brackets 10 and 10 which are alike in size, and both of said brackets are preferably substantially S- shaped whereby each bracket is provided with spaced transversely disposed arms 11, 12, 13 and also integrally formed vertical arms is and 15. Upon the free ends of the arms 13 of each of the bracketslO and 10 may be formed cross-strips, as 16, and projecting upwardly from each of the crossstrips are short fingers 17, each having a slot 18 in its free end which serve as means to permit the brackets to be removably secured by screws, or otherwise to the eyeglasses.

Through alined openings formed in the arms 11 and 12 of each of the supporting brackets 10 and 10 are rotatable pins 19, and each of said pins are of sufficient length to extend some distance above each of the arms 12. IIeld tightly to the pins 19 of each of the brackets are gripping elements, or rollers, or disks, as 20, adapted to engage the nose for holding the clip and eyeglasses thereon. Said disks are held between the plate 23 and the washer 23. Both of the disks 20 are preferably oval in shape, and are eccentrically mounted upon the pins 19 in a manner so that the corresponding narrow curved portions thereof are normally in opposed relation for providing nose seats, as 21.

In order, to permit the clip and eyeglasses to be frictionallybut comfortably held upon the nose I prefer to make the disks 20 of felt, cork, rubber, or other material having more or less resilient properties, and encircling the pin 19 of each of the S-shaped For the purpose of permitting the disks 20 to be manually rotated for swinging the seats 21 thereof in opposite directions whereby the space therebetween may be enla rged when the cli is applied upon the nose of a person, to the disks, and revoluble upon the pins 19 of each of the brackets 10 and 10, are rigidly held one end of each of two levers, as 23. Both of the levers 23 are disposed so as to extend transversely with respect to the seats 21 of the disks 20 and to the opposite face of the glasses when the clips are applied thereon, as illustrated. Each of the levers may have a head, or bent end 2i upon its free end so as to be conveniently engaged by the fingers of a person for forcing the levers simultaneously in a lateral direction against the tension of the springs 22, and after the clip is directed so that the nose will be between the disks 20 by releasing the levers 23 the tension of the springs will then reversely rotate the disks so that the-seats 21 thereof will yieldingly engage the nose for holding the glasses thereon.

Upon the cross-strip 16 of each of the arms 13 of the brackets, and opposite to the disks 20, are provided guides, as 25. The guides 25 are alike in formation, and each consists of a substantially rectangular curved plate. The plates are disposed on alinement longitudinally with respect to the brackets 10 and 10, and each of said plates has a lengthwise slot 27 through which one of the levers is passed so as to be accurately guided when moved in opposite lateral directions. From the arms 14: of the brackets 10 and 10, and projecting in similar directions to the levers 28, are fingers 28. Both of the fingers 28 are -disposed downwardly on corresponding inclines, and said fingers are spaced apart so that when the clip is applied upon the nose its bridge will be gripped therebetween.

In the foregoing description I have embodied the preferred form of my invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a nose clip for eyeglasses, two members, each having a b 'acket formed of spaced arms and each bracket being adapted to be removably fastened to one of the lenses of the glasses, two cushions, each eccentrically pivoted. on one arm of one of the brackets so as to be in spaced opposed the brackets so as to be in spaced opposed relation, means adapted to yieldingly force the cushions toward each other, and two levers, each projecting from one of the cushions and adapted to be manually moved for swinging the cushions in opposite directions so as to engage the nose of a person when the clip is applied thereon.

3. In a nose clip for eyeglasses, two members, each having a bracket formed of spaced arms and each bracket being adapted to be removably fastened to one of the lenses of the glasses, two cushions, each eccentrically mounted on one arm of one of the brackets so as to be in spaced opposed relation, two springs, each arranged between the arms of one of the brackets and normally serving to force the cushions toward each other, and two levers, each projetting from one of the cushions and adapted to be manually moved for swinging the cushions in opposite directions so as to engage the nose of a person when the clip is applied thereon.

In a nose clip for eyeglasses, two members, each having a bracket formed of spaced arms and each bracket being adapted to be removably fastened to one of the lenses of the glasses, two substantially ovalshaped resilient disks, each eccentrically pivoted on one arm of each of the brackets 1 so that the corresponding narrow curved parts thereof are in spaced opposed relation, means adapted to force the disks yieldingly toward each other, and two levers, each projecting from one of the disks and adapted to be manually moved for swinging the disks in opposite directions so as to engage the nose of a person when the clip is applied thereon.

5. In a nose clip for eyeglasses, two members, each having a substantially S-shaped bracket and each bracket being adapted to be removably fastened to one of. the lenses of the glasses, two resilient gripping elements, each eccentrically pivoted on one arm of each of the brackets so as to be in spaced opposed relation, two springs, each arranged between the other arms of each of the brackets and normally serving to force the disks toward each other, two levers, each projecting from one of the gripping elements and adapted to be manually moved for swinging said elements in opposite directions so as to engage the nose of a person when the clip is applied thereon, and two guides, each serving to guide the movement of each of the levers.

6. In a nose clip for eyeglasses, two members, each having a substantially S-shaped bracket and each bracket being adapted to be removably fastened to one of the lenses of the glasses, two substantially oval-shaped cushions, each eccentrically pivoted on one arm of each of the brackets so that the corresponding intrrow-curved parts thereof are in spacedopposed relation, two springs, each arranged between the other arms of each of the brackets and normally serving to force the cushions toward each other, two levers, each projecting from one of the cushions and adapted to be manually moved for swinging the cushions in opposite directions so as to engage the nose of a person when the clip is applied thereon, and two guides, each serving to guide the movement of each of the levers.

This specification signed and witnessed this nineteenth day of October A. D. 1912.

CHARLES O. PETTERSSON.

Witnesses R0131. B. ABBOTT, ARTHUR SPENCER.

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